2015 Week 2

Today we were split from the Marine 2 group. While they went off to a place called Necker Island. The rest of us stayed behind to study invertebrates and (try) to tag some turtles. First, we went snorkeling on a beach to catch and study some invertebrates. We caught a fire worm, a centipede-like creature that shot stinging needles,...

Since I forgot to talk about last night I'm going to start off talking about last night. We had dinner on the beach. Jeff cooked up some great hamburgers to consume while we look at the sunset and play frisbee on the beach. Then to finish off the night, Mr. Von told us some of his real life experience...

Today I awoke with many mixed emotions knowing that it was my last day in the British Virgin Islands but also that I would get to see my family soon. At breakfast we were treated to donuts the size of my face; it was hard to eat two of them. Today was our service work day, so after breakfast...

Even without diving, today has been spectacular and a knowledge enhancing day. Everyone in marine one went first todo a snorkel on Savannah Bay. Because Savannah Bay is a marking point between the Caribbean and Pacific waters, there's a unique visible distinction between both bodies of water. Everyone in marine one broke into groups and snorkeled for about forty...

Being my first time in over a year to go scuba diving and my first time in the British Virgin Islands I didn't really know what to expect. In the morning we ate breakfast then took the taxi to the boats and got are equipment. On our first dive we went to George Dog reef. We used this dive...

Today has left me completely exhausted after a long day of diving down to the Rhone shipwreck, snorkeling around Cooper Island, and attempting my group's project during the night snorkel. At the surface of the Rhone shipwreck, massive waves rocked the boat, making everybody a little queezy in the stomach. However, once down under, the sight of the ship...

The highlight of today was chasing sea turtles to tag them. We started with a lecture over sea turtle biology and habitat from a sea turtle biologist. After the quick lecture, we went to a nearby bay which was supposed to be full of sea turtles. The method to tag sea turtles was to drag five people behind the...

For breakfast today, Doc cooked us the best scrambled eggs anyone had ever had. It was like he had fused Caribbean fun in to create the epitome of breakfast cuisine. After the magnificent meal, we left for the last dives of the year. We used both dives to work on our final project. On the first dive, everything went...

On the third day of our trip we went to the R.M.S Rhone as the first dive. The Rhone was a streamliner from th late 1800s. This was a very large ship for the time measuring 300 feet in length. The Rhone was deemed unsinkable, however this did not hold to be true. When they were sailing away from...